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Zach Adams

Zach Adams

Zach masquerades as a white collar corporate zombie Monday thru Friday in order to afford race entries, but is much happier writing columns for Ultrarunning Magazine or blogging at www.MidPackZach.com. Writing and playing Dungeons and Dragons are his hobbies, but running ultras and having adventures is his passion. Zach loves sarcasm, dislikes whining, and occasionally likes to write what lots of people are thinking but don’t dare say in public.

  • On Timed Runs

    Zach Adams 05/02/2016
    Zach Adams 05/02/2016

    Timed runs are kind of awesome. If you have not tried it, I would suggest doing so. Maybe they aren’t for everyone, but you might just be surprised. My first …

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  • Excuses Only Satisfy Those Who Make Them

    Zach Adams 04/11/2016
    Zach Adams 04/11/2016

    Fail or succeed. But for the love of all things ultra – STOP making excuses!

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  • You Can Pick Your Nose, You Can Pick Your Race, But… You CAN’T Pick Your Friend’s Race

    Zach Adams 03/31/2016
    Zach Adams 03/31/2016

    Back in my day, I had to thumb through printed magazines to locate obscure little ultras and go to register with pen and paper and pay by check that I …

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  • Ultra Goal Setting

    Zach Adams 03/09/2016
    Zach Adams 03/09/2016

    Just because I don’t have a snowball’s chance of hell of ever winning an ultramarathon doesn’t mean that I don’t set goals for myself. In fact, I might set multiple …

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